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Thursday, April 8, 2010

Photo Essay: A Tree is Nice!

Trees are nice. They reduce erosion. They absorb carbon from the atmosphere and help combat global warming. They are a home to birds and animals. They provide shade in the summer and protect us from wind in the winter.

You have to admit you find trees in the strangest places throughout this city. Like this tree on the BRT:

I like to watch how trees and fences learn to get along with each other; there is often a subtle give and take: here the fence bends just a bit....

While here, both sides seem to have compromised.

As we all know, sometimes, there is no compromise.

Often the roots of urban trees have been covered with tarmac or concrete. One has to wonder how safe it is to leave trees standing in the middle of busy roads.

Often we are left with the ghosts of trees. It was damage to trunk and roots that seem to have done this one in:

But from ground level, the trees that do live in Old Delhi are often spectacular.

I have read that the net cooling effect of a young, healthy tree is equivalent to ten room-size air conditioners operating 20 hours a day. In a place known for extreme heat, that probably does more than anything to explain why most of us agree: in a city like Delhi, a tree is nice!

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